Archive for March, 2009

Now that Battlestar Galactica is done, Where’s my Who!?

The season finale of Battlestar Galactica wasn’t all touchy-feely like the 1980’s version where the heroes Starbuck, Apollo, and the rest land at modern Earth. Instead, they arrive at pre-civilization, pre-language Earth as far as humans are concerned. I’m sure this fits nicely with the Micheal Cremo (of Forbidden Archaeology) crowd who already believe that [...]

Online Comic About Archaeology

If you like comics, the internet, and archaeology, you really must check out this short online comic.
The Secret in the Cellar: A Written in Bone forensic mystery from colonial America.
This webcomic is based on a very real forensic case that was investigated regarding a 17th century male who was probably an indentured servant who met [...]

The ‘Ancient Underwater Ruins’ of Yonaguni, Japan

One of the pseudo-archaeological claims that I see from time to time on the intertubes is the speculation that there are underwater ruins of an ancient civilization off the coast of Yonagumi.
This by itself isn’t such a fantastic claim. There are countless settlements and remnants of civilizations as old as the neolithic and before that [...]